Marriott Center

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Marriott Center
Marriott Center 1.JPG
Location Provo, Utah, USA
Opened 1971
Operator Brigham Young University
Capacity 22,700
Tenants
BYU Cougars men's and women's basketball

Marriott Center is a 22,700-seat multi-purpose arena at 1497 N 450 E on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and is home to the BYU Cougars men's and women's basketball teams. It is also used for weekly devotionals and forums. It is by far the largest basketball arena in the West Coast Conference, which BYU joined in 2011.

The Marriott Center was named in honor of benefactor J. Willard Marriott, founder of the Marriott Corporation. When the arena opened in 1971, it replaced the University of Minnesota's Williams Arena as the largest college basketball arena in the United States. It was also the largest venue in the nation built for basketball, being larger than any NBA arena at that time. It would lose both distinctions when the University of Kentucky men's basketball team moved into Rupp Arena in 1976, but would remain the nation's largest basketball-specific facility on a college campus until 1987, when the University of Tennessee opened Thompson-Boling Arena. The Marriott Center regained its claim as the largest on-campus arena built for basketball in 2007 when a renovation and the addition of luxury suites decreased Thompson-Boling's capacity. The Carrier Dome, an indoor football stadium at Syracuse University, is the only other on-campus facility that holds a larger capacity when configured for basketball.

Previously, the Cougars basketball team played at the Smith Fieldhouse. The court was replaced in 2003 with a permanent floor.

Thomas S. Monson addressing the student body during a weekly devotional

The facility hosted the 1988 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament. It also hosted the West Regionals of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1972, 1977, 1979 and 1982.

On February 7, 1993, Cody Judy threatened Howard W. Hunter with a supposed bomb in front of a crowd of 15,000–17,000 onlookers in the Marriott Center.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "California Man Threatens President Hunter, Fireside Audience With Fake Bomb" by Gail Sinnott and Carri P. Jenkins, BYU Magazine, February 1993, pages 15–16
  2. ^ Daily Universe covers fireside threat on Pres. Hunter, by Alicia Barney, BYU Daily Universe, 8 December 2005

[edit] External links

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Coordinates: 40°15′15″N 111°38′58″W / 40.25417°N 111.64944°W / 40.25417; -111.64944
All–time record
1648–997 (.623)
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Key Personnel
Head Coach: Dave Rose
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1919, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003 , 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Consensus All-Americans
Elwood Romney (1931–32) • Mel Hutchins (1951) • Joe Richey (1953) • Danny Ainge (1980–81) • Devin Durrant (1984) • Michael Smith (1988) • Jimmer Fredette (2011)
Arenas

Smith Fieldhouse • Marriott Center
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